The Young Cultural Changemakers Programme is putting creative place‑making power in the hands of young people. Young people across the south east are empowered to lead on significant creative projects in their local area, transforming their lives and those of their neighbours. Working with local communities and a range of partners we are listening to the views, experiences and ideas of children and young people and supporting them to explore creative ways to make change happen in their areas.
Artswork Young Cultural Changemakers programme is working in partnership with young people in the West Sussex Youth Justice Service to design an artistic intervention/s to transform the experience of the Waiting & Consultation Room in the local youth custody suite (please see images below). Young people have described the current room as plain, boring and basic. The space is ‘too white’ with ‘nothing to look at’ and nothing to do or feel interested in while waiting in...